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1941
The 20th Century Almanac · The Forties

1941

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor brought America into World War II, while Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. Roosevelt and Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter, and How Green Was My Valley won Best Picture.

A Year in Review
Best Picture
How Green Was My Valley
Nobel · Literature
The Prize Money Was With 1/3 Allocated T
World Series
New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers Se
No. 1 Song
Top TV
Academy · Actor
Gary Cooper

Sports Highlights

Champions of 1941

Champions

NCAA FootballMinnesota Record: 8-0-0
Heisman TrophyBruce Smith, Minnesota, HB points: 554
Stanley CupBoston Bruins vs. Detroit Red Wings Series: 4-0 US Open (Golf): Craig Wood Score: 284 Course: Colonial Club Location: Ft. Worth, TX
World SeriesNew York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers Series: 4-1

Academy Awards

Honoring 1941
Best Picture
How Green Was My Valley
Best Director
John Ford
How Green Was My Valley
Best Actor
Gary Cooper
Sergeant York
Best Actress
Joan Fontaine
Suspicion

Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry
The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section
Literature
The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section
Peace
The prize money was allocated to the Main Fund (1/3) and to the Special Fund (2/3) of this prize section
Physiology or Medicine
The prize money was allocated to the Main Fund (1/3) and to the Special Fund (2/3) of this prize section
Physics
The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section

Pulitzer Prizes

Drama
Robert E. Sherwood ... "There Shall Be No Night"
History
Marcus Lee Hansen ... "The Atlantic Migration: 1607-1860"
Public Service
"St. Louis Post-Dispatch"